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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
4
A fragile bridge over the Strinagar River in India uses three ropes only. One rope serves as the footpath while the remaining two act as rails.
Mrs Mary Correiro wife of Paul Correiro died suddenly of heart trouble at home 18 School street Saturday evening aged 27. Born in St Michaels Azores she was daughter of Mr and Mrs Manuel Marshall. She is survived by her husband her parents and a brother. Funeral at St Elizabeths Church yesterday morning with Rev Francesco Vieira officiating. Interment at St Marys Cemetery.
Miss Mary E. Silvia of 118 Bay View avenue died Sunday at the State Sanitorium Wallum Lake of tuberculosis. She was 21, daughter of John and Christina Sylvia, with a brother and sister surviving. Funeral set for tomorrow at 9 a.m. at St Elizabeth's Church.
The notice lists Wednesday shows with Will Rogers Jubilee and Eddie Poto Iy brand, Thursday features Dorothy Phillips in The Talk of the Town and The Third Eye, and Friday spot The Tattlers starring Machaine Traverse. It highlights Sun shine and Fox News pairings and The Empress of stormy emotion Miss Traverse in a Sunday-style review.
Crumpled OCR text shows Bristol troops arranging a Scout hike and a field day. Mentions meeting dates, patrols, and a planned event at a Bristol location with officers and leaders coordinating. Details are fragmentary but indicate a community scouting activity.
A fragmented excerpt describes how flocks of ducks and geese fly in formation to reduce wind resistance. The lead bird tires first, then a successor shifts to the new forward angle, maintaining the triangle formation for efficient travel.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century column ridicules a former beau Jimmie Allyn for fashion and grooming, recalling a courtship era and mockingly critiquing a modern tango influenced look. The piece, signed Jerome Labarrus, lampoons style changes and vanity.
A narrator describes a locomotive in a rail yard awaiting in a round house and needing sand to gain traction on slippery rails. The piece uses railway imagery to discuss ambition, effort, and risk, comparing life's climbs to rail grades and the necessity of sand for grip and safety.
The passage praises Chinese skill in confectionery noting their ability to hollow fruits and eggs without visible cuts. It claims oranges can be emptied and refilled with jelly and eggs filled with almond nougat without any break in the shell or rind.
Co operation in Europe and America is younger than in Japan where silk selling co operatives trace back to the mid seventeenth century.
A lighthearted note from the London scene uses a playful alarm clock lyric about rousing someone named Pick to start work. The line, echoed by the Boston Transcript, contrasts formal phrasing with everyday vernacular and taps into workplace routine humor.
Bristol resident Mrs. Wallace Garvin reports severe backache and stiffness from overwork, improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Buffington's Pharmacy. Ad promotes the pills, price 60 cents, by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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